easyJet orders an additional 36 A320 Family aircraft

easyJet has signed a firm order for a further 36 A320 Family aircraft taking its cumulative order for the type to 451. The agreement for six A320ceo and 30 A320neo makes easyJet one of the world’s biggest airline customers for the A320ceo Family with 321 ordered and also for the A320neo with 130 on order. In the year that easyJet celebrates its 20th anniversary, earlier in April 2015, the airline took delivery of its 250th A320 aircraft. As with other recent deliveries to easyJet, the A320 is equipped with the latest technology and fuel-saving Sharklets. easyJet opted for CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power the 30 additional Airbus A320neo aircraft and also ordered 12 CFM56-5B engines for six additional A320ceo aircraft.